Interview 22122 – Caption Index: 595
Oh, I definitely would. I mean, it has been a fabulous career and I would, you know I would say to anybody who’s interested that it would be great if they if they can get, you know, if they can do it. Read More
Oh, I definitely would. I mean, it has been a fabulous career and I would, you know I would say to anybody who’s interested that it would be great if they if they can get, you know, if they can do it. Read More
Example, the drastic reduction of animal species in zoos, in the collection, immersion landscaping. Read More
Well, I think immersion landscaping is something that we pushed for years ago, rather than you know, making them to appear to be in their natural habitat. That was not too difficult to do. I think that in terms of lessening the number of animals, or I’m not sure exactly,… Read More
Any thoughts on these type of trends, or trends that may come up?… Read More
Do you have any thoughts on new trends in zoos in the last quarter of the century?… Read More
Some species, much harder. Also, some species may not have the environment or the habitat to be able to reintroduce them. Read More
I think that there are some species that can be introduced. There’s some species that are gonna be very difficult. The predator animals, especially some of the carnivores, you know, wolves, big cats, stuff like that, is very hard to introduce them, because you gotta be able to teach them… Read More
Definitely, I mean I think when I started veterinarians in the zoo were something new, because there were very few of us, because we didn’t have the drugs to even be able to do good veterinary care. And so that has changed. I mean you know, the medical care is… Read More
Would you say that the role of the zoo veterinarian has changed from when you started?… Read More
Can zoo animals be reintroduced into the wild, if there is a wild to do it?… Read More
‘Cause you can see it on TV for nothing. Well, it’s not the same, it’s a different experience. And going to a zoo is different than seeing, you know, to see an elephant, you know, or a tiger, or any animal in person is different than seeing it on the… Read More
Why would people ever pay to go to a football game or a baseball game or any sporting event?… Read More
So these are, would you say those and maybe others are factors that changed the zoo, St. Louis Zoo, as an entertainment venue, which I think was envisioned by the Vierhellers- Vierheller was the first director of the zoo- To be more of a conservation center?… Read More
People, you can’t just feed them information and expect them to keep coming back. People come to the zoo to have a good time. Now when they’re there you can educate them, and get them, you know I think, change their attitudes or their opinions. But if they’re not having… Read More
Well I think it’s been a gradual change. You know, Charlie was instrumental in helping to change that. Hopefully I was part of that, and to educate the visitor about these animals. Now can you, people will say, “Well, we really don’t need zoos,” ’cause today you can get it… Read More
What’s your opinion about, generally about that?… Read More
Well, we had three different shows as I started. We no longer have those shows. We still have a sea lion show. At one point we did have a show that we tried with birds primarily flying in, a lot of hawks, and I think birds of prey. In terms… Read More
And so gradually we moved away from them and into more conservation activities. We still have a sea lion show, and that’s still a popular entertainment thing, but it is also a very good educational thing. They do try to get the messages across to the people. I think, you… Read More
Oh yeah, that was with a whole group of zoos. Now you’d mentioned I don’t know what happened to that facility in Arkansas, whether anything ever came of that, because it was essentially, well you know zoos who are, you know, over the years the elephant SSP, species survival plan… Read More
Yeah, now St. Louis was famous for its animal acts, why did they stop?… Read More